continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
breath; breathing; tone; mood
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
to feel; to sense; to experience
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
that is to say; so that means
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
firm; strong; solid; stable
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river